Not telecare directly, but this article describes a situation where the introduction of appropriate telemonitoring devices could be supported and nurtured because of the positive human network that is in place. Community Care article.
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Monthly Archives November 2007
Marked Brain Changes Afflict Even Senior Citizens Who Have Escaped Alzheimer's Disease
A non-telecare story but, seeing as we all have an interest in our cholesterol levels and in avoiding Alzheimer’s if possible, I thought I’d share this story. The following paragraph struck me: “Our findings raise the possibility that higher cholesterol
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Video gamers' tactile vest to fund telemed development
This is probably the strangest item ever noted on Telecare Aware. A vascular surgeon who developed a touch-sensitive ‘vest’ to facilitate the hands-on part of the examination for remote diagnosis has turned to the video game industry to fund the
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Mediagrids' ambition: an end to multiple telecare base units (UK)
At the Telecare Services Association’s Telecare and Telehealth conference in Cardiff yesterday Mediagrids announced that its ‘CareMATE Online’ teleconferencing system works with Medic4all wireless blood pressure monitors and Initial Intellilink Executive community alarms, thus demonstrating a significant step towards Mediagrids’
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Telehomecare and Remote Monitoring: An Outcomes Overview
Free report by the US trade group the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed). Much of the focus is the Veterans Association experience, and there is a useful list of references at the end. Comment by Government Health IT: Device makers
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Forthcoming conferences
Mainstreaming Telemedicine: Understanding Sustained Operations (US) Better late than never, info on this conference in Galveston, Texas next week. RAATE Conference and Exhibition (UK) Recent Advances in Assistive Technology & Engineering is holding its annual event in Sheffield 26 –
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De Montfort University Leicester (UK) ‘invents mobile telecare’
Their proposal for the next generation of telecare technology was named the top entry in the UK Satellite Navigation 2007 Challenge. I hope someone will tell us what’s so new about it. Wireless Healthcare report [URL “http://www.wirelesshealthcare.co.ukRemoveThisFromTheUrl/wh/news/wk44-07-0006.htm” is reported by
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t+medical launches in US following successful second round funding
Interesting alternative format for a press release – post it on the internet using forum software. The gist is that t+medical has raised £4m to fund its expansion.
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Camden Careline alarm calls to be contracted out (UK)
Local item highlights the tensions inherent in changing services. Camden New Journal item.
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